Visits to Finland by journalists from developing countries

Description What is done in the programme or project and why, what results are pursued, who benefits from the activities and who are involved in the implementation.

The project aims at identifying opportunities to invite journalists from developing countries to participate in courses, seminars and individual press tours to fulfill the objectives described above. The Department for Communications and Culture applies for budgetary means from cooperation funds in order to implement a programme to invite journalists from developing countries. The programme aims at building networks between Finland and developing partnership countries as well as between Finnish journalists and journalists from developing countries. In this way, the programme supports the fulfilment of UN Millenium Development Goals. The overarching objective is to support the social and economic development of developing countries.